ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted "all movement" at a detention center in Texas for families and quarantined some migrants there after medical staff confirmed two detainees had "active measles infections," the Department of Homeland Security said Sunday.

Themeaslescases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News. The ICE facility houses parents and children taken into federal custody over alleged violations of immigration law. It is located in south Texas, roughly an hour drive from San Antonio.

"ICE Health Services Corps immediately took steps to quarantine and control further spread and infection, ceasing all movement within the facility and quarantining all individuals suspected of making contact with the infected," McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin said medical officials were monitoring detainees and taking "appropriate and active steps to prevent further infection."

"All detainees are being provided with proper medical care," she added.

Before McLaughlin's statement on Sunday, immigration lawyers hadreported concernsabout a potential measles outbreak at the Dilley center.

Neha Desai, a lawyer for the California-based National Center of Youth Law, which represents children in U.S. immigration custody, said she hopes the measles infections at Dilley are not used to "unnecessarily" prevent lawmakers and attorneys from inspecting the detention center in the near future, citing broader concerns about the facility.

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"In the meantime, we are deeply concerned for the physical and the mental health of every family detained at Dilley," Desai said. "It is important to remember that no family needs to be detained — this is a choice that the administration is making."

In 2025, the United States saw themost measles cases in decades. Overall, the nation recorded more than 2,200 measles cases, including 762 people in aWest Texasoutbreak, according to theTexas Department of State Health Services. Two young children died and 99 people were hospitalized, according to state data.

Dilley is the detention complex where ICE had been holding 5-year-oldLiam Conejo Ramosand his father, both detained in Minnesota during an operation that garnered widespread outcry, until the family was released over the weekend due to a court ruling.Liam and his father returned to Minnesotaon Sunday.

ICE's detention population has ballooned under the second Trump administration, which has vowed to stage a deportation crackdown of unprecedented proportions.

ICE is currently holding more than 70,000 individuals facing deportation in detention centers across the U.S., according to government data obtained by CBS News. The vast majority are single adults accused of being in the U.S. illegally. The number is a massive jump from a year ago, when ICE was holding around 40,000 detainees.

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A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new round ofU.S.-brokered talkson ending Russia's war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continuedfront-line fightingand deadlylong-range attackson rear areas.

Russia Ukraine War

The trilateral talks will take place on Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi, wherea previous meetingwas held last month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he would be sending a delegation to the meeting, which initially was to be held at the weekend but was delayed by what Peskov said were scheduling conflicts.

The Trump administration has over the past year pushed the two sides to find compromises. But breaking the deadlock on key issues appears no closer as the fourth anniversary ofRussia's all-out invasionof its neighbor approaches later this month.

Peskov described the talks as "very complex."

"On some issues, we have certainly come closer because there have been discussions, conversations, and on some issues it is easier to find common ground," he told reporters. "There are issues where it's more difficult to find common ground."

Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev was in Miami, Florida, at the weekend for talks with American officials, but Peskov refused to provide any details of the meeting.

A key sticking point is whether Russia gets to keep the Ukrainian territory its army has occupied, especially inUkraine's eastern industrial heartland. Moscow is also demanding possession of other Ukrainian land there that it hasn't been able to capture.

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Russian drones and missiles have continued to bombard civilian areas, killing 12 minersin a bus on Sunday in the most recent mass aerial attack. The barrages have also wrecked the Ukrainian power grid, leaving peoplewithout heating, light and running waterin bitter winter cold.

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Monday that authorities are taking steps to prevent Russia using Starlink satellite services to steer its drones toward their targets.

Fedorov asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to help deny Russia use of the service in Ukraine. Starlink is a global internet network that relies on around 10,000 satellites orbiting Earth.

Ukraine is requiring civilian and military Starlink users to register their terminals on a database, allowing approved devices to function while unregistered terminals would be disabled inside Ukraine, Fedorov said.

"Looks like the steps we took to stop the unauthorized use of Starlink by Russia have worked," Musk said Sunday on X. "Let us know if more needs to be done."

Litvinova contributed from Tallinn, Estonia.

Follow AP's coverage of the war in Ukraine athttps://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

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A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new round ofU.S.-brokered talkson ending Russia's war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week ...

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France's budget set to clear the way for Macron's military spending boost

PARIS (AP) — France's delayed budget for this year is set to pass Monday, clearing the way forhigher military spendingpromised by President Emmanuel Macron to confront threats linked to Russia's war in Ukraine and Mideast conflicts.

The expected adoption of the budget marks the final step of a monthslong,chaotic processthat exposed deep divisions in the fractured Parliament, which proved unable to reach a compromise. Prime MinisterSébastien Lecornuultimately opted to use his special constitutional power to pass the bill without a vote. He is widely expected to survive two no-confidence votes on Monday evening.

Focus on military forces

Macron has vowed to increase defense spending to counter what he describes as a widening range of threats, from Russia and nuclear proliferation to terrorism and cyberattacks.

France in December passed an emergency law to avoid a U.S.-style government shutdown, but only the full 2026 budget provides the military with the needed funding to build up forces.

The Defense Ministry will get this year an additional 6.7 billion euros ($7,9 billion) compared to 2025 — a notable exception as the state seeks to curb spending across most other sectors. This year, the armed forces are set to receive a new nuclear-powered attack submarine, 362 armored vehicles to modernize the army, and new Aster surface-to-air missiles.

France is also launching itsnew voluntary military servicethis year aiming at training thousands of volunteers, mostly aged 18 and 19.

Limiting the deficit

The government is targeting a budget deficit of 5% of gross domestic product, down from 5.4% in 2025. Public spending is expected to edge down slightly, from 56.8% to 56.6% of GDP as authorities try to rein in debt in the European Union's second-largest economy.

France has come under pressure from the EU and credit rating agencies to reduce its debt, prompting the center-right government to seek spending cuts.

However, with no majority in Parliament, Lecornu also granted costly concessions to Socialists to keep them from backing efforts to topple his government. The most symbolic is thesuspension of Macron's unpopular pension changesto raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

The state deficit is projected at 131.9 billion euros ($156,5 billion), almost stable compared with the previous year.

Businesses will bear several tax increases, including an extra tax on large companies' profits that's expected to raise 7.3 billion euros ($8,7 billion) in 2026.

What it means for Macron

Macron, 48, is soon entering the last year of his presidency in spring 2027.

He has largely stepped back from domestic politics since his 2024 decision to call early legislative elections plunged Parliament into turmoil and led to thecollapse of successive governmentsover budget disputes.

Lecornu, the fourth prime minister in two years, has already survived six no-confidence votes initiated by the hard left and the far right. Macron, meanwhile, has focused on foreign policy, European affairs and defense.

In recent weeks, he has pushed forsecurity guarantees for Ukrainein the event of a peace deal with Russia, joined European leaders in ashow of solidarity with Greenland, and supported the inclusion of Iran's Revolutionary Guard onthe EU's list of terrorist organization.

As hissunglasses became a sensationat the Davos gathering of world leaders, Macron's remarks that France prefers "respect to bullies," seen as a rebuke to President Donald Trump's tariffs threats, drew worldwide attention.

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France's budget set to clear the way for Macron's military spending boost

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British serial killer 'Suffolk Strangler' pleads guilty to 1999 murder

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A British serial killer, dubbed the "Suffolk Strangler" by the media after he killed five young women, pleaded guilty on Monday to ​an earlier murder of a teenager committed more than 25 years ago.

Steve Wright, ‌who is already serving a life sentence with no prospect of parole for a 2006 killing spree, appeared at ‌London's Old Bailey court where he admitted kidnapping and murdering 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999.

Wright, 67, also pleaded guilty to the attempted kidnap of a 22-year-old woman the day before Hall's murder. He will be sentenced on Friday.

"Victoria's family have waited over 26 years for this ⁠day and I am so very ‌pleased that we have been able to deliver justice for Victoria and they now know who is responsible for Victoria's murder," said Assistant ‍Chief Constable Alice Scott, of Suffolk Constabulary.

Hall disappeared from the coastal town of Felixstowe in eastern England while walking home in the early hours from a nightclub. Her naked body was found in ​a stream 25 miles (40 km) away five days later.

Wright was convicted in 2008 of ‌the murder of five women who worked as prostitutes in the town of Ipswich, northeast of London in Suffolk.

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The naked bodies of Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls were discovered scattered around Ipswich over a 10-day period in late 2006, causing panic in the town and the surrounding area.

Wright's killing spree was compared with that ⁠of the 19th-century serial killer "Jack the Ripper", who targeted ​prostitutes in the east end of London.

He asphyxiated ​the women and left two of their bodies in a crucifix position with arms outstretched.

He was given a whole-life order, meaning he could never be ‍released from prison, for ⁠what the sentencing judge described as "a targeted campaign of murder".

Wright had consistently denied the earlier allegations, even though his DNA was found on three of the victims ⁠and bloodstains from two of them were found on his jacket at his home.

His guilty pleas on Monday ‌mark the first time he has ever admitted any offences.

(Reporting by Sam ‌Tobin; editing by Michael Holden and Sharon Singleton)

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Two dead amid winter storm that brought record snowfall and freezing to the South

At least two people have died in a weekend snowstorm that unleashed record-setting snowfall on North Carolina and freezing temperatures on Florida.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein reported over 1,000 collisions resulting in two fatalities across the state over the weekend. Stein did not share any details about the victims.

State officials advised residents to stay off the roads if they can.

"Please be patient and please stay off the roads unless it's absolutely necessary," North Carolina Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson said. "If you do have to drive, slow down and give other cars, our teams and other first responders lots of distance."

Residents of North Carolina woke up Sunday to record-setting snowfall, with some areas reporting over 20 inches of accumulation. Snowfall totals across the state include 22.5 inches in Faust, 16 inches in Lexington, 12 inches in Jacksonville and 11 inches in Charlotte, marking the fourth-largest single-day snowfall and biggest snow event since 2004. Northeastern and coastal communities were hit particularly hard, according to the NCDOT.

A house along the coast in Buxton was washed away by surging waters Sunday morning, generating more concern about coastal properties amid this weekend's storm. The National Park Service said that dozens of houses in the area sustained damage as a result of the storm.

Fresh, powdery snow measuring up to 10 inches could be seen in Newport, North Carolina, and on the runways of Raleigh-Durham International Airport overnight.

Stein warned that in addition to snow, black ice will also be a risk throughout the week due to below-freezing overnight temperatures.

"Today is a special day for North Carolina because we just don't get snow like this very often. So, have fun, stay off the roads and stay safe," Stein said.

Meanwhile, in South Carolina, about 0.7 inch of snow fell at Charleston International Airport on Saturday, breaking the daily snow record of 0.6 inch that was set in 1977, according to the National Weather Service field office in Charleston.

The state's Department of Public Safety asked residents to stay home to avoid dangerous road conditions.

"We're seeing an increase of service calls for cars losing control and in ditches across a large portion of the Upstate, northern Midlands and Pee Dee," DPS said.

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Rare light snow flurries were seen early Sunday morning in Tampa Bay, Florida, near the city's National Weather Service field office.

This weather system is currently located off the East Coast, strengthening as it moves north.

Light snow continued to fall over parts of eastern Massachusetts Sunday afternoon. A dusting of up to 2 inches will be possible along Cape Cod through early Monday morning.

The main issue from this system for the rest of the day will be intense wind gusts that will linger until Monday. Gusts of 50-60 mph will be possible, especially along the coast. These strong wind gusts could lead to 2 to 4 feet of inundation along the Outer Banks of North Carolina and 1 to 2 feet near Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Over 160,000 utility customers across the South were without power Sunday afternoon, including 56,600 in Mississippi, 44,100 in Tennessee and 25,990 in Florida.

February chill

Numerous record lows were set this weekend across the Southeast, specifically in Florida, where Sanford, Melbourne and Daytona Beach set both daily and February record lows.

On Saturday, a record low temperature of minus 9 degrees was reported in Columbus, Ohio, beating the 2004 record of minus 6 degrees, according to the weather service field office in Wilmington. Islip, New York, reported a record low of 0, breaking the 2019 record of 3 degrees.

Over the weekend, New Yorkers were seen playing ice hockey on a lake in Central Park, while someone was spotted ice skating on a Jersey Shore beach.

Around 52 million remain under cold weather alerts through Sunday afternoon as high temperatures stay 10 to 25 degrees below average. Current wind chills are in the 30s to 40s across Florida, and the teens and 20s in Georgia and the Carolinas.

Windy conditions due to the strong coastal low will bring significantly cold wind chills throughout the eastern half of the country. It will feel like the temperatures are in the teens across much of the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and East Coast, with single digits to below zero in the interior Northeast.

On Sunday night, lows will dip to the single digits and below zero for much of the Midwest and Northeast and to the teens and 20s as far south as the Gulf Coast. Dozens of record lows are possible again Monday morning, including in Daytona Beach, Key West, Gainesville and Miami, Florida; Wilmington and Charlotte, North Carolina; and Columbia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Although the extreme cold will ease by the start of the week, temperatures will generally stay 5 to 15 degrees below average for the eastern half of the country into next weekend.

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Pakistani forces kill 177 Baloch militants in 48 hours, the highest toll in decades

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed about two dozen militants overnight in multiple raids in the insurgency-hit southwest bordering Afghanistan,raising the militant death toll to 177in the past 48 hours, officials said Monday, following a wave of coordinated insurgent attacks that killed at least 33 people, mostly civilian.

Pakistan Militant Attacks

Police, backed by the military, have been conducting these raids in several areas against members of the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army since early Saturday, after nearly 200 militants in small groups carried out simultaneous suicide bombings and gun attacks on police stations, civilian homes, and security facilities across the province.

Analysts say the scale of militant deaths in the past 48 hours is the highest in decades.

The weekendattacks claimed by BLAkilled at least 18 civilians and 15 members of the security forces, drawing widespread condemnation from political leaders across Pakistan, including members of the party led byimprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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On Monday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in a statement praised the security forces for killing an additional 22 insurgents. He described those killed as "Indian-backed terrorists." However, he offered no evidence, and there was no immediate response from New Delhi.

Though Pakistan's largest province, Baluchistan is its least populated, made up largely of high mountains. It's also a hub for the country's ethnic Baluch minority, whose members say they face discrimination and exploitation by the central government. That has fueled a separatist insurgency demanding independence. Islamic militants also operate in the province.

Though authorities said normalcy largely returned to the province on Monday, the train service between Balochistan and rest of the country remained suspended for a third consecutive day. Provincial authoritiessuspended train services following the attacks, citing security concerns, and the suspension remains in effect.

In March, at least 31 people were killed when BLA militants attacked the Jaffar express train carrying hundreds of people in Balochistan, taking passengers hostage before security forces launched a rescue operation. All 33 assailants were killed, and the passengers were freed.

The BLA, which is banned in Pakistan, has carried out numerous attacks in recent years, frequently targeting security forces, Chinese interests, and infrastructure projects. Authorities say the group has operated with support from the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, which is allied with Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

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Philippine vice president faces 2 new impeachment bids after surviving attempt last year

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Activists filed two impeachment complaints against PhilippineVice President Sara DuterteMonday, accusing her of large-scale corruption after an initial attempt to unseat her a year ago was shot down by the Supreme Court on a legal technicality.

The new impeachment bids filed before the House of Representatives are the latest episode in the stormy political life of Duterte, a 47-year-old lawyer and former city mayor who has been touted by supporters as a potential presidential contender in 2028.

She is the daughter of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, who oversaw bloody anti-drug crackdowns while in office from 2016 to 2022. He was arrested and detained in the Netherlands by theInternational Criminal Courtlast year for alleged crimes against humanity.

The vice president had blamed Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., once her political ally, for allowing what she called the illegal arrest and kidnapping of her father last year by the global court. Her camp has claimed opponents were resorting to fabricated criminal cases to block her from running for president in 2028.

"We are prepared to confront these allegations squarely through the proper constitutional processes, confident that a fair and impartial review will demonstrate that the accusations are devoid of both factual and legal basis," the vice president's lawyer, Michael Poa, said in a statement.

The new complaints centered on her alleged illegal use and mishandling of 612.5 million pesos ($10.3 million) in confidential funds from the vice president's office, and also from her time as education secretary under Marcos.

The allegations were investigated two years ago by members of the House, which was dominated by Marcos's allies, but the vice president refused to respond in detail to questions and skipped some of the televised hearings.

One of the complaints also accused the vice president of having unexplained wealth, including in personal bank accounts. A leading anti-graft prosecutor said his agency was trying to gain access to those accounts as part of a separate criminal investigation.

The vice president'sthreatduring an online news conference in November 2024 to have the president, his wife and House of Representatives speaker killed by an assassin if she herself were killed amid their disputes was also cited in the one of the impeachment complaints.

The vice president, "while occupying the second highest office of the land, has repeatedly and brazenly conducted herself in a manner that strikes at the very foundations of constitutional order," the complaint said. "Her acts constitute grave abuses of power, open defiance of constitutional restraints, and a sustained betrayal of the public trust."

Most of the allegations were already included in an impeachment complaint filed against her more than a year ago.

The House rapidlyvoted to impeachDuterte in February last year and sent the case to the Senate for trial. TheSupreme Court, however, later ruled that the lower chamber of Congress violated a constitutional rule that only one impeachment case could be processed by it in a single year against an impeachable official.

Marcos is also facing two impeachment complaints in the House, which is dominated by his allies. The allegations against the president include his failure to veto budgetary appropriations for infrastructure projects in recent years where he and allied lawmakers are accused of taking kickbacks.

Officials have strongly denied the allegations against the president. The vice president, however, has said that Marcos should be investigated and sent to prison for approving questionable allocations in last year's budget forflood control projects, where influential legislators, including his close allies, earned huge kickbacks.

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February 02, 2026

Philippine vice president faces 2 new impeachment bids after surviving attempt last year

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Activists filed two impeachment complaints against PhilippineVice President Sara DuterteMonday...

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